Category: Industrial
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2020/22: Court penalty over Torquay pesticide incident. Chemical: Metham Sodium
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2017 August – Accensi Pty Ltd Chemical Company Fined $100,000
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2017 April: ‘Agent Orange’ chemicals at old Nufarm site in Fawkner spark fears over health risks. Pesticides: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
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2017 March + 2017 May: Chemical Contamination: Tainted Herbicide Shock. Pesticides: Propachlor, Prometryn, Metolachlor, Atrazine
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2014 May: Residents Fight Plans for $100m Pesticide Plant at Lara. Pesticide: Paraquat
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2016 November: Pesticide agency relocation from Canberra to Armidale
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2016 October: BASF Expands NSW Chemical Plant
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2008 December. Pinkenba (Qld): Dioxin Contamination. Pesticides: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
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1978: Nufarm Laverton Industrial Waste. Pesticides: Multiple + Pentachlorophenol
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April 2014: Cheminova served $15,000 penalty notice by EPA
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2016 March: Banned Pesticides Destroyed in Laverton North
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2010 December: Urgent Action Needed on Dioxins, says Toxicologists. Pesticides: Quintozene, MCPA, Chlorothalonil, Triclopyr, Picloram,
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1997-2001: Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale (WA) Landfill. Pesticides: Dieldrin, Chlorpyrifos
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2016 January: Parks Victoria Washing Toxic Waste Into Yarra River
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1970’s: Farm Chemicals Limited (Eagle Farm Brisbane). Pesticide: 2,4,5-T
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2015 April. Fire at Northampton Hardware Store (WA)
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2002: Dwellingup State Forest. Removal of 25 pesticide drums. Pesticide: 2,4,5-T
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1968: Pinkenba (Qld) Spray drift from industrial plants
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1988 – 1989: Croydon South Dorset Road. ICI Merrindale Research Station
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2005 December: Port Jackson Bream Dioxin Results (NSW)
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1981 November: Numurkah. Pesticide: Acrolein
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2014 November: Timber Fumigation Sandford (NSW). Pesticide: Methyl Bromide
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2010 August: Altona (Vic) Log Fumigation. Pesticide: Methyl Bromide.
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2015 March: Toolangi Strawberries. Pesticide: Methyl Bromide
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1960’s – 1980’s: Christmas Creek Station Spray Workers. Pesticides: 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T
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1960’s – 1980’s: Fitzroy River Weed Sprayers Exposed: Pesticides: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
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1960’s – 1980’s: Spray Workers Ord River Exposed: Pesticides 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T
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2011 April: Girraween (NSW) Du Pont Spray Drift. Pesticide: Metsulfuron Methyl
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1983 August – Fixed Spray Installation Systems. Pesticide detected: Dichlorvos
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2003 November: Pesticides in Cigarettes. Pesticides detected: DDT, Dichloran
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1987: Newcastle. Pesticide of Concern: Aldrin
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1970’s – 1990’s. Lucas Heights. Pesticide dump
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1950’s – 2010’s: Nufarm Coogee Kwinana (WA). Contaminated Site
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1970’s – 2010’s: Wedgefield (WA). Hazardous Waste Incinerator
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1904 – 1994: Midland Railway Workshops (WA). Contaminated Site
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2015 January: Cox Peninsula Northern Territory
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2005 August: Narangba (Qld). Pesticide Chemical Fire
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2013 July: Peregian Beach Qld. Pesticide of Concern: Gloricide (2,4-D + Metsulfuron Methyl)
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2013 July: Mudjimba Qld. Pesticide of Concern: Gloricide (2,4-D + Metsulfuron Methyl)
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2013 July: Marcus Beach Qld. Pesticides of Concern: Gloricide (2,4-D + Metsulfuron Methyl)
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1949 – 1986: Union Carbide owned Rhodes (Homebush Bay). Pesticides included: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
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2001 March: Oxley Creek Brisbane. Multiple pesticides.
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1965 – 1973: Nufarm Operations in Fawkner
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1991 June: Nufarm North Laverton: 2,4-D Production and Dioxins
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1960 – 2015: Gunnamatta Outfall Melbourne Water
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1985 January: Harcourt Fish Kill. Pesticide: Xylaquat contaminated with Dioxins.
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1970’s: Agent Orange Drums Buried near Yarram Golf Course
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2006: Worst Groundwater Pollution in Southern Hemisphere